A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 248

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[How fascinating.]
The spirit observing this scene let out a continuous stream of exclamations. It seemed he found it remarkable that Shinsu followed someone who wasn’t even the head of the household.
“So what is it you want from me?”
[You’re quite impatient, aren’t you… Let me introduce myself first.]
Camilla entered Camilla’s Room and immediately got straight to the point.
[My name is Jishua.]
“Jishua? That name is a bit…”
[I know, I know. My name does sound feminine.]
As if he’d heard this many times before, he let out a short sigh.
[I was a mage when I was alive.]
“A mage?”
[Yes, and a remarkably talented genius mage at that.]
“…”
Wasn’t it embarrassing to say such things about yourself?
Camilla regarded Jishua with a somewhat bewildered expression as he introduced himself and casually attached the word “genius” to his own name.
‘Was I like that before?’
When someone asked who would likely win an award, I’d go around saying there was no one else but me to receive it.
Is that why everyone found me insufferable? Not because my soul had switched bodies?
As Camilla fell into unexpected self-reflection, Jishua’s voice reached her ears.
He briefly explained how he had died.
[Greed brought calamity, you might say.]
Upon hearing that he was so absorbed in his own exceptional talents that he saw nothing else, Camilla inwardly nodded in agreement.
A person who calls himself a genius mage without so much as blushing—what else could be expected?
[I wanted to reach the pinnacle before anyone else. And what I chose was… dragon magic.]
“…Dragon magic?”
Yet suddenly, a being that seemed to belong only to fairy tales, legends, and founding myths had appeared. What nonsense was this?
Camilla’s eyes narrowed slightly, as if discerning the truth.
[The last dragon that existed on the Continent—Berkros.]
“Ah.”
Berkros. Camilla was already well acquainted with that name.
And for good reason—it was a dragon with very deep connections to the Faybler Empire.
‘That seal.’
The seal she had recently found and brought to Crown Prince Edsen. A seal made from the bones of the Black Dragon, whom the First Emperor had slain and called the evil god.
The owner of those bones was none other than Berkros.
‘I thought perhaps a dragon spirit was attached to it, since it was said to emit a sound when touched by royal blood…’
But no matter how carefully I examined it, I could find no sign of a dragon spirit. It was simply, literally, an ordinary seal imbued with something like the lingering resentment of a dragon.
Though calling something imbued with lingering resentment “ordinary” was perhaps a stretch.
[I found the last grimoire that Berkros left behind.]
Jishua’s voice reached Camilla’s ears again as she was lost in thought.
“Yes, that’s quite impressive.”
[What…what is it?]
“What do you mean?”
[What’s with that lukewarm reaction? It’s dragon magic, for crying out loud!]
“So it’s amazing, as you say. Should I applaud for you?”
As if that’s something difficult. Clap, clap, clap.
[…Never mind.]
Watching Camilla’s expressionless face, Jishua couldn’t hide his frustration at being deflated like a punctured balloon.
But for her, it was genuinely her best effort at enthusiasm.
“I’m just an ordinary person who doesn’t know the first thing about magic. Whether it’s dragon magic or lizard magic, it doesn’t impress me much.”
[L-lizard? Hey!]
Jishua’s jaw dropped in shock, but Camilla paid him no mind.
‘It was the same when I obtained Assassin Zero’s sword.’
Just as I had casually tossed that blade to Rube without much interest.
While people in that profession might go mad over such a sword, to me it was nothing more than a fruit knife.
What was I supposed to do with a blade I could barely see?
“Anyway, so what?”
Camilla urged him forward. When she criticized him for such a lengthy preamble, he grumbled that this was the climax and asked her to wait a moment.
[That grimoire was truly remarkable.]
“Yes, yes.”
[It even contained methods for traversing dimensions.]
“Yes… yes?”
Traversing dimensions?
At those words, Camilla’s reaction transformed entirely. Her eyes widened and she straightened her posture, asking again.
“You mean it’s possible to traverse dimensions?”
[Interesting.]
At her response, Jishua’s eyes gleamed with surprise.
[You actually believe other dimensions exist?]
Of course. I came from another dimension myself.
But since I had no intention of revealing that much, I simply nodded vigorously.
“So what happened?”
[I set aside everything else and focused solely on that magic.]
“The dimension-traversal magic?”
[Yes, it seemed the most impressive. I thought it would be perfect for proving my abilities. It took some time, but I succeeded in casting the spell!]
“What?”
You succeeded?
As Camilla showed interest, Jishua continued with evident excitement, his tone rising slightly.
[I really did succeed!]
“You mean you actually visited another world?”
Jishua nodded emphatically. His eyes gleamed with excitement as he recalled those moments.
[It was a world I’d never encountered before. Towering buildings that seemed to stretch endlessly, and massive iron carriages that moved far faster than horses! Everything was filled with wonders.]
“…So you really did cross over to another world.”
At his words, Camilla found her mouth falling open without thinking.
The way he described skyscrapers and automobiles so vividly, as if sketching them from memory, made it clear this was no fabrication.
Dimensional travel? This was truly extraordinary.
[It was a magnificent world. You can’t imagine how thrilled I was to finally prove my abilities.]
His expression grew distant and dreamy. But it lasted only a fleeting moment.
Jishua’s face hardened rapidly, as though that softness had never existed.
[But then a problem arose.]
“What kind of problem? Did something go wrong with the magic?”
[No, the magic was flawless. It was dragon magic, after all. The issue was….]
“The issue was?”
A long sigh escaped his lips.
[There was one thing I overlooked.]
“What was that?”
[To perform dimensional travel, my resonance had to align with someone in the Other World.]
“Resonance?”
[The principle and method of dimensional travel are actually simpler than you’d think. All it requires is temporarily exchanging souls with someone in the Other World. The challenge lies in the process itself.]
The key to success was finding a soul whose resonance matched mine. Without such a being, the spell couldn’t be cast at all.
[That’s why the dragon who perfected this magic could never actually use it. How could there possibly be a human in another world whose resonance matched a dragon’s?]
A body capable of withstanding a dragon’s immense knowledge and consciousness wouldn’t exist in that world.
[But I was fortunate enough to find a human whose resonance aligned with mine. It was truly extraordinary luck. I made all the necessary preparations.]
“What kind of preparations?”
[I installed a magical device in my body so that the person who awakened in it would immediately fall asleep.]
To prevent the one forcibly pulled here against their will from panicking.
The moment the explanation ended, Camilla’s brow furrowed.
“Isn’t that a bit much? They were dragged here against their will, after all.”
[I know. But I thought it wouldn’t be a problem since I was only going to swap for a very brief moment.]
“Hmm.”
Faced with her icy expression, Jishua murmured in a dejected voice.
[Don’t blame me too much. I was punished for it. Terribly….]
“Punished?”
A long sigh flowed from Jishua’s lips.
[When I experienced the Other World and returned…. I was dead.]
“…What?”
[The sleep magic must not have functioned properly. The person who awakened in my body wandered around, fell off a cliff, and died instantly.]
“….”
There was nothing to say. Who was there to blame? It was a death born from his own reckless actions.
“Then what happened to that man’s soul?”
[The moment I returned, he safely crossed over to the Other World. I was the one who lost my body.]
Should I consider this a stroke of luck? That at least the other party survived?
Camilla clicked her tongue softly in disapproval. She had heard countless tragic tales from spirits over the years, but never one quite so hollow and pitiful as this man’s.
“So, what is it you wish from me?”
Camilla steered the conversation back to the heart of the matter. Regardless of his circumstances, what truly mattered now was understanding the nature of his lingering resentment.
[I discovered a dragon’s magic. I would like you to pass it on to others. I can tell you where the grimoire is located.]
“Truly?”
He had parted with his mortal body while casting that very magic, yet he wished to bequeath it to the next generation?
As I regarded him with an incredulous gaze, he bristled and cried out.
[It is an extraordinary grimoire unlike any other. I cannot possibly allow such magic to vanish from this world!]
One could call it professional pride, I suppose. If it were me, I would never want to lay eyes on such magic again.

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